Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	215	157	183
Rank change year-on-year	-58	+26	-41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification	145	143	138
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	0.75%	1.60%	1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category	3.75%	4.07%	3.61%
Number of salaries quoted	134	86	70
10^th Percentile	£26,000	£29,000	£26,200
25^th Percentile	£31,250	£31,406	£29,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£43,750	£37,750	£44,175
Median % change year-on-year	+15.89%	-14.54%	+10.44%
75^th Percentile	£58,750	£56,250	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£68,750	£65,000	£75,150
England median annual salary	£50,000	£36,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+36.99%	-18.89%	-14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	3,863	3,510	3,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	19.88%	39.29%	32.95%
Number of salaries quoted	2,332	1,605	1,875
10^th Percentile	£30,500	£29,850	£33,850
25^th Percentile	£41,750	£35,854	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£50,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-13.04%	+9.42%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£68,750	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£82,500	£85,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-4.35%	-0.86%

Microsoft Certification Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Thames Valley	+13	69	£45,000	+28.57%	25
Berkshire	+35	47	£45,000	-4.26%	8
Hampshire	-30	37	£29,500	-21.33%	12
Surrey	-38	23	£38,000	-15.56%	6
Oxfordshire	-38	12	£32,500	+14.04%	5
Buckinghamshire	-19	10	£67,500	+92.86%	12
Kent	-57	8	£30,000	-	3
West Sussex	-22	6	£70,000	+40.00%	6
Middlesex	-	2	£65,000	-
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Microsoft Certification Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Microsoft Certification.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	96.6%	140
2	Microsoft 365	62.1%	90
3	Azure	53.1%	77
4	Degree	49.7%	72
5	Windows	46.2%	67
6	Problem-Solving	44.1%	64
7	Firewall	35.2%	51
8	Active Directory	32.4%	47
8	DNS	32.4%	47
10	VMware	30.3%	44
11	A+ Certification	29.7%	43
12	Customer Service	29.0%	42
12	DHCP	29.0%	42
12	Microsoft Office	29.0%	42
12	Windows Server	29.0%	42
16	Microsoft Exchange	28.3%	41
16	Microsoft Intune	28.3%	41
18	Entra ID	26.2%	38
19	VMware Infrastructure	24.1%	35
20	Continuous Improvement	22.8%	33
21	ITIL	22.1%	32
22	SharePoint	21.4%	31
23	Azure Certification	20.7%	30
24	Mentoring	19.3%	28
25	Disaster Recovery	18.6%	27
25	VPN	18.6%	27
27	Cyber Essentials	17.9%	26
28	Cybersecurity	17.2%	25
28	Project Delivery	17.2%	25
30	Computer Science	16.6%	24

Microsoft Certification Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	49.7%	72
2	A+ Certification	29.7%	43
3	Azure Certification	20.7%	30
4	DBS Check	11.7%	17
4	Network+ Certification	11.7%	17
6	Security Cleared	11.0%	16
7	CompTIA Security+	7.6%	11
7	SC Cleared	7.6%	11
9	Cisco Certification	6.9%	10
9	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	6.9%	10
11	CCNA	6.2%	9
12	HNC	4.1%	6
12	Microsoft Certified Professional	4.1%	6
14	HND	3.4%	5
15	CCNP	2.8%	4
15	MCAD	2.8%	4
15	MCSA	2.8%	4
18	DV Cleared	2.1%	3
19	AWS Certification	1.4%	2
19	AWS Certified Solutions Architect	1.4%	2